How To Make Paper From Old Newspapers or Envelopes

Mark Montano demonstrates how to make paper from old newspapers, you could also use old envelopes instead.

To make this project more eco friendly, reuse the water to make a few pieces of paper and also use a natural dye. There’s an informative article on pioneerthinking.com that explains different plant types and the colours of dye that can be made from them.

The materials and equipment that you’ll need to make your own recycled paper are shown below.

Materials

Newspaper / envelopes

Water

Acrylic paint or natural dyes

Anything else you want to use to embellish your paper, such as leaves, petals, glitter, seeds etc

Equipment

Blender

Plastic basin

Plastic window screen / thick netting

Staple gun

Flat picture frame

Rubber bands

Did You Know?

Deforestation is one of the main environmental problems we’re facing in these times. 42% of all global wood harvest is used to make paper.